The taste and scent of vanilla is intoxicating. Vanilla Nut Cream wouldn’t work without the extract (which if you haven’t made…well, you got to get on that…).
Fragrant rich vanilla beans are the pods or fruits obtained from a tropical climbing orchid. Mayans used them to flavor chocolate drinks centuries before Spanish first set their foot [...]
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(Steve is transformed by a chef’s coat) The word in nutritional research is that we all need more probiotics in our diet. Get the friendly bacteria in an awesome topping for vegetable curries, fish, chicken or rice by making this dish with high-quality whole milk yogurt. Printable recipe? Click here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to […]
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Thank you to all the poetic minds out there! We had some very imaginative entries.
Random.org came up with #s 18, 44 and 48 and each will win a copy of Feeding the Whole Family.
Jane from North Carolina wrote:
please little squirrel
look both ways before crossing
you may be dinner
(truly captures the Cookus Interruptus sense of humor, way to [...]
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(Wood chipper interrupts Jane) The bottled stuff sucks by comparison. You can make a bunch and keep it handy to marinate fish, toss into stir-frys, slip a bit into salad dressings. Printable recipe? Click here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about how to cook fresh local organic whole foods via 150+ short humorous […]
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CONTEST CLOSED. THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING.
Activities that engage the mind, such as reading and performing crossword puzzles, seem to help offset the early symptoms of dementia. I may be a bit dotty, but I can still write a haiku! In the spirit of keeping the mind nimble, we bring you our FOURTH ANNUAL HAIKU CONTEST.

My name is Cynthia and I eat potatoes. In fact, I might not be thriving today were it not for this humble inexpensive food. I was very likely one of the top 100 pickiest eaters as a child. True. Let’s swap stories and see. When I was age 6-10 years old there were very few [...]
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Our big winner for the Krups Citrus Juicer, chosen by random.org, is Edward Pawlik who wrote in
“Lemon Pound Cake…..eat one and gain a pound!! A moment on the lips; a lifetime on the hips!!”
True enough.
Fantastic lemony ideas from LOTS of people.
Thanks to all who entered. More really cool giveaways on the docket. Stay tuned.
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